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Are We Going To Talk About This At All?

Secretary of State nominee Hillary Rodham Clintonintervened at least six times in government issues directly affecting companies and others that later contributed to her husband’s foundation, an Associated Press review of her official correspondence found.

The overlap of names on former President Bill Clinton’s foundation donor list and business interests whose issues she championed raise new questions about potential ethics conflicts between her official actions and her husband’s fundraising. The AP obtained three of the senator’s government letters under the Freedom of Information Act.

The conflicts are legion. As pointed out here, similar conflicts prevented Henry Kissinger from serving as the 9/11 Committee Chairman. Why are they not preventing Hillary Clinton from being Secretary of State?